Rail-chair.



No, 841,837. PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907;

' e. w. WILLIAMS.

- RAIL CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED AUG.11.1906.

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ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

RAIL-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

Application filed August 11,1906. Serial No. 330.2%.

T0 m7], whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Rail-Chair; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to rail-chairs, and has for its object to provide a device of this of a pair of rails at all times in perfect registration, thus insuring a smooth and even joint and affording a noiseless and jarless tread of the car-wheels passing thereover.

In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail-chair constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the abutting ends of a pair of ordinary rails having a chair 3. The rails are provided with fish-plates 3*" and 4 which engage the webs'and base of the rails, as shown. In Fig. 1 of the drawings the fish-plates are secured to the rails by horizontal bolts 6 and vertical bolts 7. In the construction shown the chair 3 is provided with longitudinal shoulders 5, which are engaged by downward rojections 8, which prevent the chair from aving a lateral movement. The fish-plates are also provided with lugs 9, which engage suitable recesses in the chair, which holdthe same against longitudinal movement. By this construction it will be seen that the vertical bolts 7 may be omitted, and the device will still be a firm and solid structure and will resent a smooth yet firm tread to the whee s passing thereover.

What I claim is- A device of the class described, comprising a plate arranged beneath the abutting ends of a pair of rails,'longitudinal recesses formed in each side of said plate, fish-plates engaging the sides and flanges of said rails, and having longitudinally-downturned portions engaging said longitudinal recesses for holding said plate against lateral movement,- said downturned portions being provided with projections adapted to engage recesses arranged below said longitudinal recesses, whereby said plate is held against longitudinal movement, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my a name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin Witnesses.

GEORGE W. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

S. J. GILBERT, 

